Mental Health Awareness

A Conference, A Community, A Celebration!

A Conference, A Community, A Celebration!

This was Bipolar India’s milestone 10th year of World Bipolar Day National Conferences in Mumbai! And this time too, it was a coming together of people with lived experience, family caregivers and those from the psychology background, all keen to…

World Bipolar Day National Conference 2025

World Bipolar Day National Conference 2025

The journey began on 30th of March 2016, when we hosted what probably was India’s first National Conference for World Bipolar Day. This year’s Event thus marks a decade’s legacy of hosting these unique experiences where a vibrant community comes…

The Spotlight Is Not On World Bipolar Day This Time Around

The Spotlight Is Not On World Bipolar Day This Time Around

Today we would have been at Bombay Hospital. No, not admitted to it as patients but at its magnificent S P Jain Auditorium, gathered from distant corners of the country for our 5th National Conference to mark World Bipolar Day…

Coping With The Moods Of Bipolar Disorder

Coping With The Moods Of Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder is a brain disorder entailing mood swings from Depression to Hypomania/Mania with normal moods in between. Whereas most of us experience some sort of mood shifts, the mood swings in Bipolar Disorder are extreme and can affect a…

Our National Conference on World Bipolar Day 2019

Our National Conference on World Bipolar Day 2019

On Saturday, 30th of March, 2019, BipolarIndia hosted its 4th National Conference to celebrate World Bipolar Day at the magnificent S P Jain Auditorium, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. Participants drawn from those living with Bipolar Disorder/Depression, their caregivers to psychologists, students…

The Mental Health Care Act 2017: A Rights Based Approach

The Mental Health Care Act 2017: A Rights Based Approach

The Mental Health Care Act, 2017, which came into force in May 2018, provides for mental healthcare and treatment of persons with mental illness through a rights based approach. In order to learn the finer aspects of this comprehensive Act,…